Canada and Mexico have announced retaliatory measures in response to tariffs imposed earlier on their imports by US President Donald Trump. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Saturday that Canada would put 25% tariffs on $106.5 billion in US imports in response to US tariffs. $20 billion will go into effect on Tuesday, followed by $86 billion in 21 days, Trudeau told a press conference. Trudeau cautioned that tariffs will harm the United States, a longtime ally. He encouraged Canadians to buy Canadian products and spend their vacations at home rather than in the United States. He stated that some non-tariff measures, such as those involving key minerals, energy procurement, and other collaborations, are under consideration. Trudeau also stated that both Canada and Mexico are working together to face the tariffs on their goods by Washington.

Trump previously signed an executive order putting 25% tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico beginning Tuesday, with the exception of Canadian energy products, which will be subject to a 10% duty. Read more.

‘Plan B’ for Mexico On the other hand, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has stated that she has directed her economy minister to implement tariff and non-tariff measures to protect her country’s interests. Sheinbaum stated on Saturday that she had instructed her economy minister to “implement Plan B that we have been working on, which includes tariff and non-tariff measures in defense of Mexican interests.” She also responded to Washington’s assertion that her administration had a “intolerable alliance” with drug trafficking organizations. “We categorically reject the slander made by the White House against the Mexican government about alliances with criminal organisations,” Sheinbaum stated on social media site X. “If such an association exists anywhere, it is in the US gun shops that sell high-powered guns to these criminals